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Photo: Stephen Maturen (Getty Images) The Minnesota House of Representatives rejected a bill intended to provide funds for increased police security during the upcoming trial for one of the officers accused of killing George Floyd. According to the Star Tribune, the bill was rejected by a 71-63 vote on Thursday …

This is a story about the nadir, the end of days. Monday, March 24, 2008, marked five years to the month after the British army arrived in Iraq, preaching to the Americans their apparent expertise in counterinsurgency operations and understanding of the manifold ways of, in the historical British upper-class …

The United States Capitol Police has reportedly suspended six officers and is investigating nearly 30 others in connection with the deadly January 6 insurrection on the U.S. Capitol building. According to a statement provided to The Hill, the Capitol Police’s Office of Professional Responsibility is investigating a total of 35 …

President Joe Biden issued a warning to the world’s democracies Friday, saying they’re under assault by authoritarian regimes. “We must demonstrate that democracy can still deliver for our people in this changed world,” Biden said during a virtual session of the Munich Security Conference. “That, in my view, is our galvanizing mission,” …

Screenshot: South Florida Sun-Sentinel Man…I really thought we were done with this Capitol riot shit. I mean, I understand that the FBI is still investigating and rounding up possible participants in the Jan. 6, whiney wypipo war on non-Republican votes, but I didn’t think I would still be reporting on …

Having moved from the teeming cityscape of Taipei to the rural American South in the 1970s as a preteen, I know something of the shock, at once awe-inspiring and estranging, of that first sight of the great American landscape—just sheer land—that seems to stretch on forever. Watching Minari, the new …

Elijah Connor became a viral sensation with his infamous staredown clip with Diddy on The Four. Since then, the moment has become one of the most popular memes on the Internet and immortalized Connor in social media history. In the latest episode of “I Went Viral,” Connor breaks down the …

(Reuters) – Thirty-five U.S. Capitol Police officers are being investigated for their actions during the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, and six have been suspended with pay, the police department said in a statement on Friday. Five people, including a Capitol Police officer, died in the violence when throngs of former President Donald Trump’s supporters attacked the Capitol, overpowering …

Photo: Will Newton (Getty Images) I will never in life seek his counsel on fashion choices, but when it comes to money moves, Russell Westbrook is no joke. On Thursday, Varo Bank, America’s first all-digital nationally chartered bank, announced that the nine-time NBA All-Star has come on board as both …

A government of the people, by the people, and for the people: That was the idea behind the American experiment. But there has always been tension between the idea and the reality. Inspired by great works of American inquiry, The Atlantic and WNYC Studios earlier this month launched a new …